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SURVEYOR'S LEVEL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Surveying instrument consisting basically of a small telescope with an attached spirit level rotating around a vertical axis; for measuring relative heights of landplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("surveyor's level" is a kind of...):

surveying instrument; surveyor's instrument (an instrument used by surveyors)

Meronyms (parts of "surveyor's level"):

level; spirit level (indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surveyor's level"):

Abney level (a surveying instrument consisting of a spirit level and a sighting tube; used to measure the angle of inclination of a line from the observer to the target)

Dumpy level (a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level)

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